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Half Duplexes in Burnaby

If size matters to you and Vancouver's floor plates feel tight, this is the city to look at next. The product is the same and the lots are not.

The short answer

Burnaby's half duplexes sit on wider lots than Vancouver's, which produces noticeably larger homes for the same product type. Forest Glen, Sperling-Duthie, East Burnaby, and Central Burnaby carry most of them, and freehold non-strata is more available here than in Vancouver.

Newly built half duplexs on the market

635 active listings

Median list price
$1,575,000

typical range $1,129,000 to $2,348,480

Median price per sq ft
$841

typical range $476 to $1,261

Median size
1,956 sq ft

typical range 1,427 sq ft to 3,141 sq ft

Median strata fee
$310

typical range $104 to $601

37 of 635 listings state one

Median annual property tax
$5,000

typical range $2,603 to $8,242

224 of 635 listings state one

Measured across 635 active listings on .

Where these homes are

Click a pin for the photo, the price, and a Street View link.

300 of 635 homes plotted. 302 more have coordinates but were left off to keep the map readable. The ones shown are spread evenly across the price range rather than taken from one end. 33 listings have no coordinates in the feed and cannot be placed. Click a pin for the photo, the price, and a Street View link. Zoom with the plus and minus buttons or by pinching.

Homes behind these numbers

623 more active listings are not shown here. Search every active listing . Prices are the list price. Most new homes have GST added on top.

Wider lots, larger homes

The single biggest difference from Vancouver is lot width. A builder with more width delivers a larger floor plate, and Burnaby's median newly built ground-oriented home is the largest of any city in the region.

That also means the homes feel different to live in. More of the living space can sit on one floor, which matters more than square footage alone suggests.

More freehold than elsewhere

Freehold non-strata homes are more available in Burnaby than in Vancouver or Richmond. If avoiding a strata entirely is a priority, this is one of the few places close to the core where that is realistic.

Confirm it on title rather than inferring it, because Burnaby half duplexes come both ways.

The city is large and varies

Forest Glen, Sperling-Duthie, East Burnaby, and Central Burnaby are the half duplex neighbourhoods. Metrotown, Highgate, and Edmonds behave differently, closer to SkyTrain and leaning townhouse.

Burnaby is also genuinely hilly. A home on a slope often means a walk-out lower level, which changes both usable space and how you enter the home.

Common questions

Are Burnaby half duplexes bigger than Vancouver ones?

Yes, and the reason is lot width. Burnaby lots give a builder more room to work with than a thirty-three foot Vancouver lot, so the floor plates come out larger for the same product type and a similar build vintage.

Can I find a freehold half duplex in Burnaby?

More easily than in Vancouver or Richmond. A meaningful share of Burnaby's active listings are freehold non-strata. Confirm the ownership type on title, since they come both ways.

Which Burnaby neighbourhoods have them?

Forest Glen, Sperling-Duthie, East Burnaby, and Central Burnaby carry most of the half duplex stock. Metrotown, Highgate, and Edmonds lean towards townhouses and price on transit access instead.

Where these figures come from

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